Eighteen years after the Brothers original "mission from god", Elwood Blues (Dan Akroyd) is getting out of prison and discovering that much has changed in the time he's been away. His partner, Jake is gone, his band is no longer together and the orphanage where he grew up has been demolished. Elwood soon realises that he must embark on a whole new mission-to reassemble the old band, this time with the help of a soulful bartender (John Goodman), compete at Queen Moussette's (Erykah Badu) Battle of the Bands and set a wayward orphan named Buster on the path to redemption.



In the midst of the mayhem, he's got to prove to the police that there's magic in the music... and a mysterious method behind the Blues Brother's madness.